People bring organizations to life. Having the right people is fundamental to the success of your organization. The right human resource policies and procedures are just as important.

MCC Workplace Solutions takes a comprehensive view of the role of human resources and works with you to ensure human resources not only align with your strategic direction, but also make a significant contribution to achieving your goals and objectives.

Human resource functions encompass four key areas:

• Competence
• Performance
• Organization and
• Change

• creating a detailed hiring plan, including tasks, resources, and times;
• working with your hiring committee to focus their time and involvement;
• writing easy-to-understand, yet comprehensive, job descriptions;
• developing a resume evaluation sheet, weighting competencies according to your needs;
• planning the search and write the ads for media from fax-outs to Internet sites;
• suggesting selection tools from personality profiles to job simulations;
• evaluating resumes, conduct initial interviews, and present a short list of first-rate candidates;
• developing interview questions, complete with expected answer points, making note taking easy for you;
• coaching your hiring committee to ensure effective interviewing;
• checking references and ask the probing questions that will increase your level of confidence in your final choice.

Developing your talent is critical to sustaining and growing your organization. MCC Workplace Solutions takes an analytical and structured approach to employee development from leadership training to job aids, ensuring you are putting your scarce training and development dollars to the best use. We will conduct a needs assessment that considers your strategic goals, your budget, and your operating environment, and recommend a choice of appropriate solutions.

Losing a key employee can be highly disruptive, particularly when there are no viable internal candidates. MCC Workplace Solutions can lead you through the succession planning process, so your future human resources needs will be met, and your staffing will compliment your strategic direction.

Performance
The number one reason why employees do not perform to expectations is that they don't know what the expectations are.

We'll guide you through the process of developing standards and an evaluation process, building fairness and consistency into both. We'll help you bring your organizational standards down to the department, team, and individual level. We can show you how to make it a meaningful and collaborative process, gaining buy-in and understanding from your front line people. We'll incorporate standards and competencies into your evaluation process and train your management staff in the art of giving meaningful feedback, even in difficult situations. We'll also help you link performance to rewards.

Your organization's salary plan should be aligned with achieving organizational goals and developing core competencies. It must also work in your marketplace and economic environment. MCC Workplace Solutions can help you through the process of reviewing and adjusting your compensation package, whether you are making minor adjustments to salary ranges or moving to a pay for performance model. We also assess recognition programs, evaluate your needs, and recommend solutions that pay off by ensuring individuals are motivated in the appropriate direction.

Organization
Does your organizational structure help or hinder your people and processes? MCC Workplace Solutions will walk you through the process of evaluating your structure and making sure it is helping you accomplish your strategy. We'll look at the levels, roles, reporting relationships, how work gets done, and how decisions are made. We'll make recommendations on how to structure your organization to be efficient and to optimize communication among departments and levels.

Do your policies get in the way of doing what needs to be done, or are they a touchstone that provides common-sense guidance for your operating decisions? Policies can be inherently biased, creating systemic barriers for some, inequality for others. MCC Workplace Solutions can review your policies, compare them with best practices, ensure they comply with legislation, and help you fill in the missing links, fine-tune what you have, or rewrite policies in accessible language.

Change
Contrary to the common belief, it's not change that staff can't deal with-it's the uncertainty that poorly communicated change brings. If change is managed thoughtfully and communicated clearly, it not only moves the organization forward, but increases the capacity for ongoing change. At MCC Workplace Solutions we have experience in managing change to achieve strategic goals, and you can benefit from our experience. We can help leaders implement new strategies, while never losing sight of the impact change can have on staff. From strategic communication to stress management, we can help you make change a very positive part of the way you do business every day.

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MCC Workplace Solutions can help with any or all of your staffing needs.